The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-02
THE CHANwEI IsLANDa
Jersey and sark and the Gardens Beyond
the Frewnins Cites or Aiderney.

Jersey and sark and the Gardens Beyond
the Frewnins Cliss or Aidcrney.
LONDON, Sept. 2O.-To use popular but
comprehensive expression, zone might 20
further and faro worse" than to take ones
September holiday not very far from home.
For the enjoyment OF wild, picturesque scenery,
sport, balmy airs, and southern fora, II Ia not
necessary TO rush to the Highlands in the wake
OF guns and dogs, to tho Hebrides, Norway. or
tho Mediterranean; II 10 useless to undergo
the hardships OF long travel, the extortions Of
hotel keepers, the fatigues and boredom OF q
protracted voyage. Nothing more Is required
Of the traveller than to get on board COM
Portable boat at Southampton or Weymouth
and steam over leisurely In tho night TO the
Channel Islands. He will DO we'll repaid for
bis trouble.
It is supposed that Jersey. tho queen Of the
group, was part OF tho French mainland till It
was violently separated from 1t by tho geo.
graphical convulsion Of TOO, which dug chan
mel between them Of nearly eighteen miles.
For many centuries the little archipelago was
viewed with suspicion by both continents "a q
cut-throat resort for pirates. robbers, and
thieves. Now It Is as familiar to the lounger in
Piccadlly as to the boulevardier, and the pretty
villas around st. Heller have become almost rs
fashionable as those of Trouville and Ocean
Vile. Folkestone or Brighton. Guernsey re-
mains hallowed by tho all -pervading memory
of Victor Hugo and will ever DO impregnated
as 1t were. with the atmosphere OF his genius
and his exile. Sark or Serk. Us 1t was origi-
nally called the smallest OF tho Pleiad. was
some years ago put up for sale by public roup.
1t still looms as an advance bastion, frowning
Rloomily on any possible invader OF the cher
ished inviolability of the Channel Islands. 1t
contains one solitary church; the tombstones
in the nave and In the tiny cemetery record
many deaths by shipwrecks or drowning. AS
you enter on black marble headstone you
read that Pierre L. Telly. Esquire. Lord Of
tempest on the lst Of March, 1887. at the age Of
AZ Iis body Was not found d but The sea
w sgs Us A aSe s Always called in
French, is the third island In size, and tho least
freGuented BY the tenEist Il may not be The Q
the Aurica Of the ancients. 1t consists of an
elevated table land five miles broad and q mile
sd shy Ss s b1
Known to rise and dash right over the lantern.
aaeTs ns
all hands returning from GtREaltar with eleven
WITH dsbrs
cred e do WITH With 1 The SulFs q huge founder.
twice week a small steamer leaving St. Pierre
Of Guernsey brings letters and Visitors, to
at time. It is, NEVERTHELESS, beautiful. fertile
oIssy ssss sas Ss h
place, Of. exile. Queen Elizabeth more es--
sees 'f The es as her tsminne AND
political enmities. Raleigh was sent In dis
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Island for oves am Sundsd
who. in constderation OF q modest 1.-THE OF
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urged upon Parliament. the advisabiiity
tilted post. making It constant threat
t9 Chetbours and paralszins post Of
shs 81 she Iron aEs
Mesuriers, and proceeded at ONCE to lay the
Cations f Stone was there in sbundsnee. Irish
nayvies were shipped over In squadrons. bar
F ross nRd but tie
ing q harbor appeared insurmountable Tho
Bay Of St. Anne, selected for that purpose. was
to convert it into the safe and mena cine port
desired necessitated the erection OF 9 power
ful breakwater to protect II again nj the force
fousRs their
81 nss
e ebstnateIy DESTROYED the labor Of man It
26OO feet long, As feet broad, Its bulwarks rose
to q height 81 40 feet and then the sea gath;
sssd IT, 81 u
tides. dashed itself upon the breakwater.
opened breach Of 200 yards. and poured tri-
ognized the futility of further efforts. and ac
leaving behind line Of fSEts. 2So cannon and
Gibraltar viii never exist
sisna was pSw The eessatop
which died a. natural death after the ratifcs-
the .inhabitants. Aiderney. being nearer the
ay Ss the s soFss Ssr
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at the authorized Governmentai Bureau de
1dbac. but the native population has dwindled
rapidly from 1000 to 1850 souls. not including
Coming gponA Attorney from theB Bay Of st. Anne
the island appears as succession Of yerdant
ths sea; t., crowned By "a, church In IN
Norman tower: 4 road leads, to Il.
between substantial. neat, fresh little houses
with tiled roofs. forming city. divided into
ters. Dissenting chapels Of every. denomlna-
dernsy sAt once highly religious and very dem
ocratic. Toward the north OF st. Ammo, at the
entrance Of deep wooded gorge, surrounded
sT6e Manor" the old feudal abode Of the
t. @ssHrisrs now the residence q
and. The building dates from the
seventeenth century. Is entirely Of granite, and
has an imposing presence. with its tall stacks
walls Of, extraordinary. thickness. But the
spectal charm Of tie sRSf lies n IN the enormous
and green oaks stretching their massive shad-
ows over the old pleasaunoe enclosed In iron
yond Is a court. as silent and mysterious as the
cloisters of Q monastery. Not only giant forest